1943 WWII CARTOON CAP'N CUB TED ESHBAUGH 78534
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Made by Ted Eshbaugh, who made six or more cartoons for various studios in the 30s and 40s, CAP'N CUB is a WWII propaganda cartoon that ballyhoos the U.S. Army Air Corps.
The cartoon starts out cute, but soon turns very politically incorrect by post-war standards. Cute little Cap'n Cub reviews a weapons parade, but wants more "planes, planes, planes!". A full production sequence follows, and the completed planes go off to fight the Japanese, and goes from cute to dark very quickly with defamatory anti-Japanese caricatures that dominate this period in US history. Yes there are some outrageous stereotypes -- the Japanese are portrayed as monkeys -- highly insulting to them -- and their dreaded Mitsubishi Zeros are bloated, haywire contraptions that fall to pieces.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
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